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TRION TEAM IS CHAMPION OF 3-B
NORTH— Here are the members of the
Trion football team, this year’s Region
3-B champions. The gridders attained
the title by subduing Gordon Lee 12-6
Friday night on the Lee gridiron. The
boys are (left to right, front row) Danny
Rich, Harold Bryan, Larry Smith, Jon,
Edwards, Gary Buice, Doug Wilson,
Randy Ledford, Richard Westbrook;
(second row, left to right) Terry Witt,
Billy Hyden, Gary Colbert, Tommy
Pettyjohn, Roy Bowers, Larry Camp-
Crisis Spurs County
To War Preparedness
Easing of the Cuban crisis this week didn’t deter Chat
tooga Countians from proceeding with plans to be pre
pared next time the cold war blows hot.
Presbyterians of the county met Sunday afternoon at
the Summerville Presbyterian Church to hear about tall-
out and protection against it
and ways in which the churches
might serve their people.
Trion began its civil defense
program in earnest with several
classes being formed and lead
ers being named for various
facets of the program. In addi
tion, Riegel Textile Corp, an
nounced that plans for care of
workers during an emergency
would be announced soon.
In Menlo, the mayor and
council held a special meeting
Tuesday night to hear Summer
ville CD Director Luther Smith
and to talk about organizing a
Cuba Crisis Showed
We’d Fight--Davis
The greatest thing to come out of the Cuban crisis has
been letting Khrushchev know that the United States will
fight if necessary. Up to now, he had not been sure.
So said Congressman John Davis Wednesday when he
addressed the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club at Trion.
Even if the Cuban matter is
resolved without fighting, the
cold war will not be at an end.
the legislator warned. In fact,
war is raging between China and
India, he noted.
“For the first time, India is
waking up to the fact that she
must fight or be gobbled up. I
just heard that Nehru fired
Menon today and I believe that
is the best day’s work he's done
in a long while.”
Still discussing the China-In
dia situation, Davis noted that
it may serve to bring India and
Pakistan closer together. Pakis
tan, he pointed out. is a great
friend of the United States and
is well prepared to defend her
self should China start invading
that area. Pakistan is near In
dia and China.
Back on the Cuban matter,
Davis said in reply to a question
that he "didn't like the idea” of
our assuring anybody we would
not invade Cuba.
The congressman said the
establishment of the nuclear
missile bases on Cuba meant “it
was Russia or us.” He called the
president's decision to blockade
“entirely correct.”
Rep. Davis, who was briefed
in Atlanta last Thursday by gov
ernment officials, said that the
Monday prior to the president’s
address was the first time we
had made photos which showed
the establishment of long range
missile launching pads in Cuba.
Last July, he said, we learned
they had missiles which would
extend 40 miles, but these could
be considered defensive since
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bell, Louie Owens, Larry Stephens,
Johnny Collette, Jimmy Scoggins, Don
ald Tanner; (back row, left to right)
Coach Gordon Jones, Ronnie Hayes,
James Washington, John Michael, Wink
Burdette, Raymond Tripp, Captain Mar
shall Dooley, Randy Hill, Ronald Day,
Wayne Parker, Captain Gary Brewster,
Coach Jug Hayes. Mike Drummond and
Johnny Simmons are not on squad pic
ture. Raymond Tripp and Tommy Petty
john had to drop out due to injuries
(Photo Courtesy The Trion Facts)
civil defense unit.
In Summerville, the CD unit
was put on “strategic alert” at
8 a.m. last Thursday and it re
mained on this status until 8
a.m. Tuesday. Under this status,
the CD volunteers were ordered
to be immediately available and
to leave word at all times on
where they could be located.
The Summerville CD “ready
meeting” was held Wednesday
night, with plans for action dur
ing an emergency being ironed
out. On Thursday night, the
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they would not reach the Flor
ida coast.
The other missiles were a dif
ferent matter, however, he said,
and represented a direct threat.
Rep. Davis discussed his trip
earlier this year to the Guan
tanamo Naval Base on Cuba and
contrasted it with his trip to the
base in 1940 when he was in the
U. S. Navy.
Drill On Evacuation
Os Schools Set Friday
A practice run on evacuation of the county schools
will be made Friday afternoon, County School Supt. James
Spence announced this week. The Summerville civil de
fense police will assist.
The drill will be to iron out any problems which may
exist in the plan for evacuation.
Parents who pick up their
children at the Summerville
Elementary School are reminded
that they must enter East Wash
ington from Rome Boulevard be
cause East Washington will be
come one-way north. College
Street will be closed except to
buses.
And parents who pick up chil
dren at the rear entrance are
reminded that Maple Drive will
be one-way north and must also
be entered only from Rome
Boulevard.
Children in the first and sec-
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1962
Callup of
Reservists
Hits County
The Air Force callup of re
servists early last Sunday af
fected several Chattooga County
families.
Jimmy Woodard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Woodard, of Sum
merville, and David Chamblee,
Atlanta, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Chamblee, of Menlo, were
among those called to duty.
Gene Rackley, of Atlanta, for
merly of Summerville, also was
called.
This group is associated with
the 445th (Dixie) Trooper Car
rier Squadron of Dobbins Air
Force Base, Marietta, and they
remained at Dobbins this week.
Woodard was home for the
day Wednesday and said he did
not know of future plans for the
reservists. There were rumors of
all types, he said, but no offi
cial orders for moving had been
given.
The reservists received their
calls about 2 and 3 a.m. Sunday
and reported at 9 a.m. Sunday.
I). T. ESPY TO
HAVE SURGERY
D. T. Espy, editor-publisher of
The Summerville News, is sched
uled to undergo surgery Nov. 12
at Georgia Baptist Hospital in
Atlanta.
Mr. Espy underwent a physi
cal examination this week in
Atlanta and the operation was
scheduled at that time. The
newspaperman suffers from a
severe ulcer condition.
ond grades will assemble at the
front of school. Those In grades
three, four and five will assem
ble at the rear. Those in the
first and second grades having
older brothers or sisters in one
of the other grades will assem
ble with the older child at the
rear entrance.
Parents of those attending A.
C. Carter are reminded that
Highland will become one-way
I north and that all traffic must
go north. First Street from
Commerce to Highland will be
one-way with traffic going east
I only.
Davis Race, Amendments
Highlight Election Tues.
The important congressional race and 16 constitutional
amendments will be decided Tuesday in the general election.
Summerville’s John W. Davis, ending his first term
in Congress, faces Republican opposition from Ralph Ivey,
Rome attorney.
This is the only contested
political race on the ballot.
However, Chattoogans will be
asked to help decide the fate of
16 state - wide constitutional
amendments. They cover such
things as private school tuition
grants, reapportionment of the
state senate, transferring more
budget control to the General
Assembly from the governor, al
lowing the state to aid the
school lunchroom program and
allowing counties to borrow
from private sources funds for
property revaluation projects.
(These amendments are dis
cussed in detail in this week’s
and last week’s issues of The
Summerville News.)
Some 10,200 Chattoogans are
eligible to vote.
Rep. Davis and Mr. Ivey con
tinued their campaigns this
week, with Rep. Davis filling
several speaking engagements.
He spoke to the Floyd Rural Let
ter Carriers’ Assn. Monday
night; to the Chattanooga Val
ley Kiwanis Club Tuesday night;
County CD Talked;
Action Almost Nil
Activation of a Chattooga County civil defense unit
was being discussed this week.
But at mid-week there were no definite plans.
Here are the developments:
Tom Hogg, County Civil Delense Director, tried to con-
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Presbyterians
Plan Action
During Fallout
Leading Presbyterians of
Chattooga County met at the
Summerville Presbyterian
Church Sunday afternoon to
hear about fallout and to dis
cuss ways the churches could
serve during an emergency.
Luther Smith, Summerville
civil defense director, and Dr.
Marlin Payne, Smith’s predeces
sor, were the principal speakers.
As a result of the meeting, the
Summerville church is making
plans to convert its basements
into shelters and to stock them.
In addition, a survey is con
templated which would deter
mine the possibility of using
suitable residents during an
emergency, the Rev. W. E.
Hotchkiss, pastor, said.
The minister said his church
hopes to be prepared to serve its
people and, in the event this
should become an evacuation
center, to serve evacuees. Chat-
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Mr. Spence urged parents
throughout the county who have
children that are in walking
distance to plan for them to
walk home in the event of emer
gency. This will be the quickest
way, he said, and will cut down
on congestion.
No cars will be allowed on
roads leading to the Chattooga
High School campus.
As an aid to speed, Supt.
Spence announced, buses used In
Summerville will be left at the
schools each day in order to be
handy. And bus drivers or sub
stitutes are under instructions
to head immediately to the
schools should an emergency oc
cur. Arrangements for second
bus loads have been made, he
said.
and to the Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club Wednesday.
In addition, Congressman Da
vis will speak to the Rome Bar
Assn, tonight; will be a special
guest at the Rossville football
Absentee ballots for the gen
eral election Tuesday must be
sent out no later than Friday,
Applications for such ballots
must be in writing and must
be turned in no later than
Friday. The requests cannot
be handled by telephone.
The marked ballots must be
returned no later than elec
tion day. Those received aft
er election day must be voided.
game Friday night; will address
the Seventh District Rural Let
ter Carriers at Riegeldale Tav
ern Saturday night; and will
speak at a Democratic rally in
Marietta Monday night.
The congressman said this
week he was extremely pleased
at the turnout at the Jefferson-
Jackson Day dinner held in his
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yesterday afternoon to talk
about the matter, but was un
able to locate him.
Commissioner Jones conferred
early this week with County At
torney F. H. Boney about the
legal aspects and instructed Mr.
Boney to confer with Summer
ville City Attorney T. J. Espy
about the matter. Summerville
has a functioning civil defense
unit.
Commissioner Jones said he
felt a unit was needed and that
he was interested in seeing it
get started.
No one seemed to know just
why it wasn’t underway. Some
years ago, County Attorney Bo
ney had expressed doubt that
the county could at that time
legally establish a unit. How
ever, earlier this year he noted
that an order by the governor
cleared the way.
Hogg was named some two
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Uncle Ned’s
Notes
I’ve lived a purty good while
and through several wars.
Even fought in one of 'em a
little.
But I don't think there's been
many times when I've been
as koncerned as I was last
week when It looked like the
Cuban situashun might ex
plode into a neuclear war.
It gits next to me when I
think about my family havin’
to go through a thing like
that, not to mention myself.
And it looked like us in this
part of the country would be
in a mighty dangerous place,
whut with Oak Ridge, Hunts
ville and Marietta around us.
But there's one thing about
it. I ain't gona give up and
say, “What's the use?" like
some folks been doing. There’s
too much hope in me, I guess.
What I'm doing right now is
building me a fallout shelter.
Hope I don't never need the
thing, of course. But there
ain't no use in taking chances.
And besides I can git through
these cyrses—and there'll be
more—better if I know that
shelter is ready ’n waitin’. It's
kindly like insurance.
JOHN DAVIS
RALPH IVEY
SES Students
TffGerSkin
Test for TB
Students of the Summerville
Elementary School will be giv
en tuberculin skin tests next
week.
The tests are free and will be
given all children whose par
ents have sent back a permis
sion note. There is no danger
from the test and a positive re
action does not necessarily mean
the individual has tuberculosis.
A second skin test and then an
X-ray would be made if there is
a positive reaction.
The Summerville Parent-
Teacher Assn, is sponsoring the
test program.
It was through a similar pro
gram at the Lyerly School that
Mrs. W. H. Smith, Jr., then pres
ident of the Lyerly PTA, dis
covered that she herself had TB
in the early stages. Her case
has since been arrested because
of early treatment.
PTA leaders urge all parents
of the SES children to see that
they get the test by returning
the permission slip.
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MIDGET CHAMPS—Here are the mem
bers of the Summerville Midget League
Indians, champions of the League this
season, and thelj cheerleaders. The
little mascot (in front) in Jane Lender
man. The cheerleaders are (left to right)
Marla Payne, Cathie Edwards, Debby
Ivey, Kathy Lenderman, Judy Hudgins,
Samya Marbutt, Jeannie Brewer, Charl
sie Martin. The players are (left to
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Chattooga High Band Gets
“Excellent” Rating Saturday
Menlo Wants
Civil Defense
Organization
Menlo will organize its own
civil defense unit if the county
doesn’t organize, Mayor J. P.
Smith said this week.
The Menlo mayor made his
statement following an explora
tory meeting of the council with
Summerville CD Director Luther
Smith Tuesday night.
No action was taken by the
Council, but the matter Is ex
pected to come up at the regu
lar November Council meeting
next Tuesday evening, Mayor
Smith said.
The mayor said his people
were hopeful that the county
would organize and that they
could become a part of such an
organization. However, he said,
the Council is determined to
provide the citizens with CD
even if the county doesn’t.
The Summerville CD director
explained some of the things
necessary in a state-approved
CD plan and covered such sub
jects as training.
Trion CD Shifts
Into-High Gear
The Trion civil defense organization shifted into high
gear following the Cuban crisis last week.
Three classes in personal survival began under the
auspices of the Trion school system, three teachers having
been trained earlier by the State Department of Education
to teach this course. "We were
just fortunate in having three
teachers so trained because in
terest was extremely high and
we could have organized even
more classes,” said Supt. A. J.
Strickland.
The classes will meet at 7 p.m.
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays. One member in each
family is advised to take one of
these courses.
In addition, J. C. Langston,
Trion CD director, has an
nounced that rescue and auxil
iary police classes will begin at
the Trion Elementary School at
7 p.m. today (Thursday). He
urges all interested citizens to
attend.
In the meantime, Riegel Gen
eral Manager Preston David has
disclosed that the industry will
announce emergency plans in
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right, first row) Coach Charles Brooks,
Mike Turner, Jack Cash, Andy Cash,
Gene Smith, Jerry Deßerry, Ronney Nel
son, Phil Cavin, Milford Morgan and
Buzz Cook; (left to right second row)
Mike Wilson, Wayne Payton, Clinton Ag
new, Richard Lindsey, Gary Thomas,
Bobby Floyd and Coach Jack Cash. Not
present was Cheerleader Jeanie White.
(See story on sports page).
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Two Sections
The Chattooga High School
band received an "excellent”
rating and placed seventh
among 22 bands in the march
ing contest at Middle Tennessee
State College, Mur freesboro,
Tenn., Saturday.
A band must score between 60
and 80 to attain the “excellent”
rating and Chattooga’s group
scored 72.2. Jack Raines is the
director.
The band made this fine
showing despite the fact that it
was the smallest band present
ing, having only 32 playing
pieces as compared with 45 in
the next largest band present.
Four of the 22 bands present
made "superior” ratings — be
tween 80 and 100, and four made
the “excellent” category.
The group, traveling by bus,
left early Saturday and returned
early Sunday morning. They
were accompanied by Mr.
Raines, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Montgomery, Lee Gene McKen
zie and H. D. Moon, the bus
driver.
Mr. Raines this week expressed
his thanks and the thanks of
the band members for the fi
nancial support given by the
Band Booster’s Club in connec
tion with the trip.
Bids to Be
Opened Today
Bids will be opened at 10 a.m.
today by County Commissioner
John Jones on repair and elec
rtification of the courthouse
clock.
The four-faced clock has been
out of order for many years.
Its repair will climax a court
house beautification proj ec t
launched recently by Mr. Jones.
Although no details are yet
available, Mr. Jones said this
week he has hopes of decorating
the interior of the courthouse.
The exterior limestone struc
ture has just been sandblasted
ana the trim has been painted.